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Is C# missing checked exceptions?
An interesting thread on SlashDot asks if a developer should learn C# or Java as a 2nd year student....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 12/24/2005
VB.NET Generics and System.Action delegate
A customer indicated that they were having some problems with Generics in VB.NET and using "foreach"...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 12/12/2005
The One About Attributes
I love using .NET attributes. When I am teaching a class on web services, I start by showing what an...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 12/04/2005
A Quick Primer on Namespace Bindings
I sent an email trying to explain to a customer why their SOAP packet was not being processed...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/23/2005
WSDL.exe /parameters switch
WSDL.exe in .NET 2.0 has a great addition, the capability to specify all of the documents for the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/22/2005
Clean Old Fashioned Hate 2005
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/22/2005
The Service Providers site is live!
We have been working towards the updated Service Providers site for quite some time now. Congrats to...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/16/2005
Modify a Web Service's WSDL Using a SoapExtensionReflector
A customer pinged me with an interesting problem. They hosted an ASMX web service to run under SSL...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/16/2005
Application Compatibility and .NET 2.0
Lots of customers who skipped the .NET 2.0 betas waiting for the RTM are now asking questions like,...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/15/2005
Replicating the Demo from the PDC05 COM200 Session
If you didn't attend PDC05 this year and missed the COM200 - Applications and Communications...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/14/2005
PDC Material Online
Check out the sessions from this year's Professional Developers Conference, hosted online. I just...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/13/2005
Getting Started with the SqlCeResultSet
Sriram Krishnan has a great post introducing the SqlCeResultSet as well as a demo of how to use it....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/12/2005
Add or remove SOAP 1.2 for ASMX services
ASMX 2.0 supports both SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2. But how do you use SOAP 1.2 with your ASMX services?...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/10/2005
Customizing ASP.NET Membership and Profile: What Goes Where?
I have been working with two separate customers over the past few days on the same problem. Both...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/10/2005
Run Windows Workflow Foundation on Visual Studio 2005 RTM
If you now have Visual Studio 2005 RTM and wanted to try out some of the Windows Workflow stuff......
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/09/2005
Find any processes currently using .NET
While reading over Scott's list of interview questions (gut-checking that I am at the level I think...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/09/2005
Build Comment Web Pages Gone From Visual Studio 2005
Customers have recently asked me where to find the "Build Comment Web Pages" command in Visual...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/08/2005
ASP.NET 2.0 Sample Providers
This has come up several times at customer events, folks want to know how to write their own...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/06/2005
John Evdemon and Paul Andrew on Windows Workflow Foundation
Ron sat down with John Evdemon (Architecture team) and Paul Andrew (Windows Workflow Foundation) in...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/04/2005
Setting up the ARM emulator to access network resources
Great detail in this post on how to access network resources using the new Arm emulator in Visual...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/04/2005
Message Logging and Tracing in Indigo
I really wanted to show how cool Indigo Windows Commuication Foundation is, not only by showing...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/02/2005
Team System FAQs: What happens when the trial expires? Where is Team Suite? How do I upgrade? Partners?
Some frequently asked questions from the MSDN Forums, answered by Ajay Sudan, Product Manager for...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/02/2005
Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads
Gentlemen, start your downloads. And may the bandwidth be with you....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/27/2005
.NET 2.0 ReflectionOnly context
I am preparing a new series of talks on What's New in .NET 2.0 for several customers. One of the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/24/2005
.NET Rocks Comes To Atlanta this Friday!
The .NET Rocks! RoadShow will be in Atlanta this Friday, October 21, 2005 at 6:00 pm at the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/19/2005
Neat ASP.NET Trick: Multiple Forms on a Page
Tinkering around today, and I figured out a weird trick with ASP.NET 1.1. If you try to add 2 forms...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/19/2005
SharePoint 1,2,3! in Atlanta
There is still room left for the SharePoint 1,2,3! event on Monday, October 17th at the Microsoft...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/11/2005
Where's the Outlook Demo for Beta2 and Beyond?
JFo answers the question of "where's the Outlook Look and Feel" demo for Whidbey Beta 2 and beyond...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/25/2005
Reference component in app_code
There are situations when you need to refer to a component that is located in the app_code directory...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/25/2005
WCF (Indigo) Baby Steps
I decided to dig into Indigo.. err, Windows Communication Foundation... for awhile this weekend. I...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/24/2005
Want to join the coolest part of Microsoft's field?
Our team is looking for a rockstar to join the Communications Sector Evangelism team. The position...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/23/2005
Schema Versioning, WSE 2.0, and the 2004/08 Addressing Namespace
There is an interesting problem if you are using WSE 2.0 and trying to interop with a service that...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/22/2005
DonXML should take the Red Pill
DonXML is looking for a consulting assignment.. I keep trying to get DonXML to take the red pill. He...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/22/2005
Free as in VOIP?
Even before VOIP makes 100% of telephone calls in the world completely free (which may take many...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/21/2005
PDC05 - Distributed Transactions and Attendance
I spent a lot of time at PDC debating the merits and drawbacks of distributed transactions and...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/18/2005
Tuning System.Net
I love posts like this that explain how to tune System.Net. System.Net.ServicePoint has long been...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/18/2005
Save C# Petition
Don is starting a C# petition ... Save C#!
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/15/2005
Tallahassee Code Camp Sept 24
Another Florida Code Camp opportunity! Register for the Tallahassee Code Camp on Sept 24th. I had a...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/15/2005
Russian dolls and venetian blinds
sitting with Don Smith and Peter Provost, Peter discussed schema tools support and the "russian...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/14/2005
Thanks for the mention, Aaron!
Talked with Aaron Skonnard for a little while today at the PluralSight booth, he told me that he...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/13/2005
CSNA Reception Event at The Standard
Somehow, I was able to convince our team into throwing a party similar to WS-Sushi. What a great...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/13/2005
Tips for Debugging into managed code
There are just some times when it is super handy to see when function X on the base class has been...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/05/2005
Verizon Fights Back Against Mobile Phone Spam
Verizon Wireless is taking legal action against two US companies for allegedly bombarding its...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/05/2005
The Zen of Channel 9
Scoble uploaded some new videos to Channel 9, including this one that demonstrates Internet...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/05/2005
Katrina victims and apartments in Texas
As Katrina victims are migrating to the Dallas, Austin, or HoustonTexas area and looking for places...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/04/2005
UGA Shows Up for Saturday
Today, I am proud and admittedly wrong. Like many of the faithful in the Bulldog Nation, I thought...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/03/2005
RE: Thoughts on repudiation and surreptitious forwarding
Very cool post by Keith Brown on surreptitious forwarding and why WS-Addressing headers are signed...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/03/2005